This, the first handbook of its kind to provide wide-ranging background material on the history and dimensions of forensic psychology, illustrates the application of professional practice to civil and criminal justice proceedings.

Partial table of contents:; BACKGROUND; History of Forensic Psychology (C. Bartol & A. Bartol); Dimensions of Forensic Pyschology (A. Hess); Accessing Legal Literatures (D. Daniell); AREAS OF APPLICATION ON CIVIL PROCEEDINGS; Informed Consent in Treatment and Research (B. Stanley); Mediating Domestic Law Issues (P. Brinson & M. Hess); Personality Assessment in Personal Injury Cases (J. Butcher & T. Harlow); Assessing Educational Handicaps (D. Reschly); Civil Competency (R. Slovenko); THREE AREAS OF APPLICATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE; Assessing and Predicting Violence: Research, Law and Applications (T. Litwack & L. Schlesinger); Evaluating Eyewitness Testimony (G. Goodman & A. Hahn); Assessing the Competence of Juries (S. Penrod & B. Cutler); COMMUNICATING EXPERT OPINIONS; Writing Forensic Reports (I. Weiner); Consulting and Testifying in Court (M. Singer & A. Nievod); TREATMENT; Intervention with Incarcerated Offenders (M. Milan & J. Evans); Subject and Author Indexes.